| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3This is good and pleases God our Savior, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7And I have been chosen as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles this message about faith and truth. I’m not exaggerating—just telling the truth. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Women should learn quietly and submissively. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I do not let women teach men or have authority over them. Let them listen quietly. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But women will be saved through childbearing, assuming they continue to live in faith, love, holiness, and modesty. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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